Utah · Census place 4934530
Helper, Utah
Helper is a city in Carbon County, Utah with an estimated 2,126 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,126
- #120 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +0 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,175 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Helper population, 2020 to 2024
Helper added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Helper covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 1,175 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Helper is less dense than the typical town.
What county Helper is in
All of Helper's residents live in Carbon County, which had 20,613 residents in 2024. Helper holds 10.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Helper
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Helper by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84526. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Helper is
The Census internal point of Helper is at 39.689600, -110.859600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 92.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Price, UT (8,278 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 56.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.689600, -110.859600
- DMS
- 39°41'22.56"N 110°51'34.56"W
- UTM
- 12N 512038.6E 4393316.2N
- Geohash
- 9x11v3688
- Plus code
- 85FFM4QR+R5
Daylight in Helper
At 39.69° N, Helper gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Helper
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Price, 6.7 miles away, with 8,278 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Helper, UT?
2,126 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 2,126 in July 2020.
What county is Helper in?
Carbon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Helper?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84526.
How far is Helper from Salt Lake City?
92.7 miles (149.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Helper.
What is the nearest larger city to Helper?
Price, UT, with 8,278 residents, 6.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.